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(11) EP 0 331 075 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.11.1990 Bulletin 1990/45

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/36

(21) Application number: 89103399.5

(22) Date of filing: 27.02.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4G03G 15/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 29.02.1988 JP 46894/88

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Saito, Masashi Aobadai-ryo, 2-33-7
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) An image fixing apparatus


    (57) An image fixing apparatus (6) includes a pair of rotatable members (7, 8), the pair comprising a heating rotatable member (7) and a back-up rotatable member (8) press-­contacted to the heating rotatable member, wherein the heating rotatable member (7) is settable at a first setting temperature and a second setting temperature which is lower than the first setting temperature, when an image fixing operation is performed; a control system for controlling rotation of the pairs of rotatable members (7, 8), the control system rotating the pairs of rotatable members (7, 8) when the setting temperature of the heating rotatable member (7) is changed from the first setting temperature to the second setting temperature.







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